Background
He was born in Zimbabwe, raised in Essex and lives in Kilburn, London.
He was born in Zimbabwe, raised in Essex and lives in Kilburn, London.
He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he received a Doctor of Philosophy in intellectual history.
He has written journalism, particularly on sport and digital media, for many United Kingdom newspapers. His novel The Kilburn Social Club, about a Premiership football club run on idealistic principles in an alternative version of modern London, was published by Vintage in 2009 and widely reviewed. His comedy series Warhorses of Letters, co-written with Marie Phillips, has been recorded for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 starring Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig and was first broadcast in October 2011.
Series 2 was broadcast at the end of 2012.
The book of the series is being crowd-funded through the Unbound platform.
In 2007, the comedy musical Sherlock Holmes (the early years), for which he co-wrote the book, won the Theater for the American Musical award at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Since 2010 he has been curator and founder of the Kilburn-based comedy storytelling night Tall Tales, which has featured John Finnemore and Marie Phillips among others
